The Evaluation and Impact of ICT Readiness in SMEs: Constructing a New Framework

This paper analyses the strategic, organisational and structural conditions for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to fully exploit the potential of information and communication technology (ICT). In other words, we investigate under which conditions the \u201cmarriage\u201d between SMEs and ICT can be \u201ca happy one\u201d rather than a relationship affected by misunderstandings and lost opportunities